9 Vespasians is enough for now!

Deacon, as you know, you can actually never have too many/too much of something you really like. Your Vespasian denarii are great.

I for example have a soft spot for grumpy ol' Galba - at last count I have something like 17 coins of his, and would like some more!

On the subject of Roman fortifications, here is a picture of the gate to the Castellum Saalburg. Construction started late in Domitians' reign and continued into Hadrians. It is located right on the Limes and about 10 km from my house. I think I have been there something like 8 times...

 

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Another tip is the eagle type was used for both at the same time when Vespasian was COS VII and Titus was COS V. It is a good idea to check the catalogs for this sort of thing. Vespasian did have COS V coins but not eagles.

 

Since your new denarius is a Titus Caesar you're well on your way to a dozen Titus denarii!

BTW, great example.

 

I think you're right, David. As Project Vespasian 12 nears completion it's time to think Titus? Also, I have a Domitian to get the Beyond Titus Project started.

 

Awesome! I could sit for hours in a place like that.

 

Thank you, Doug!

 

@Deacon, the castellum is a reconstruction of the first fort build under Vespasian,
the one 50 years later build by Hadrian in stone, like the one shown by Eduard, is buried under the wooden reconstruction.
In the summertime there are all kind of activites like archery, sword fighting,
and preparing food and drinks Roman style.




Some 10 miles further down the Limes / Rhine river, there's a complete functional roman village with a roman restaurant, thermen ,houses, bridges ,galley, hostal, its called Archeon.In the summer time they organize gladiator fights and other innocent activities.

Ofcause I have a couple of Hadrians too:

 

In the year 2000 I saw the movie "Gladiator" 12 times (there's that number 12 again) I saw it in the theater 12 different times and paid admission 12 different times. I've never watched the movie on television nor do I own a DVD copy of it.

 

I think you beat me there - I only saw ''Gladiator'' 6 or 7 times.
But I still listen to the soundtrack.....haunting music.

 

Gladiator: The Good The Bad and the Ugly

 

Great movie. Not exactly true to history, lol, but a great movie.

 

I did see gladiator in the theatre. However, I was on a date and don't remember much... (the date went well...)

Nice coins Deacon Ray!

 

Yes—David Hemmings. I didn't realize that he was Cassius until maybe the 7th or 8th viewing of the movie.


Hemmings many years earlier.

My apologies, Andres! Your coins are great! The green patina is beautiful!

 

The female vocal—Lisa Gerrard is amazing! I thought she was singing in Latin at first but it's actually a pseudo Latin vocal creation of her own.

 

Gladiator was like Braveheart's little brother, and so, so good, and when I learned almost fifteen years later that I could build a section of a coin collection around the characters (though I'm still waiting for the right Lucilla), it almost made my collecting heart explode.

 

I'm a fan of all the Antonines myself. Lucilla is probably one of the most pedigreed women in ancient history: daughter, granddaughter, wife, and sister of a Roman emperor. I'm not sure anyone else has that many direct relations to the throne.

 

Yeah.. they're a ton of fun, and it helps that they're pretty plentiful.

I'll bite:
Commodus was emperor, son of emperor, husband to the wife of the emperor, and brother to the sister of the emperor, and, in the name of ridiculousness, cousin-in-law of the cousin-in-law of the emperor. But that last one isn't a very direct relation, I'll admit .